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Official Commemorations. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach if his Department plans to designate a memorial date for the Famine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12843/05]

Official Commemorations. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: I agree with the sentiments expressed by Deputy Rabbitte. The National Famine Memorial is at the base of Croagh Patrick and for a number of years there was a Famine commemoration walk from Delphi to Louisburgh to commemorate a tragedy there. Perhaps the matter should be considered again on an all-party basis. It might even be possible to do it in conjunction with world food aid day or the...

Official Commemorations. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Dublin and Kerry in 1974.

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: In recent weeks the Taoiseach has given the House some indication of the way the Government proposes to deal with the appalling conditions that apply in many accident and emergency units throughout the country. The Government's response has been to hide behind the ten-point plan published last November, which the Taoiseach has admitted will not make any serious inroads until next autumn. We...

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Just on this one.

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: I did not ask the Taoiseach about the report of the Health and Safety Authority, but will do so now. According to the report, wards, exits from wards and fire escapes were blocked with trolleys and other equipment in a number of cases. The report also stated that, in the context of overcrowding, consultations should take place in every case in which extra bed capacity was to be allocated to a...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (28 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to the political and humanitarian situation in Liberia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13519/05]

Written Answers — Lisbon Agenda: Lisbon Agenda (28 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the co-ordination arrangements he proposes to put in place to implement the Lisbon strategy as agreed at the recent meeting of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12846/05]

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: I thought for a moment that the entire Government had gone to Spain to discuss the Irish language. However, the Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, has arrived to accompany the Minister for Finance. The European Commission presented a Green Paper on the harmonisation of divorce legislation. Has the Government given this any consideration? Will it entail changes contradictory to the terms for...

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: He is the champion heckler.

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to play a leadership role in addressing the emerging problems of competitiveness of Ireland's exporting sectors. [13266/05]

Written Answers — Scéimeanna Bóithre: Scéimeanna Bóithre (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 220: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le hiarratas faoi scéim na mbóithre áise (sonraí tugtha), an bhfuil an t-iarratas scrúdaithe ag an Roinn; cé mhéid airgid atá i gceist chun feabhas a chur ar an mbóthar seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [13521/05]

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff vacancies in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8768/05]

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the policies of his Department in respect of the employment of persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8769/05]

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: I am glad to hear the percentage of staff with a disability in the Department of the Taoiseach is 3.64% and that this is over the target set in the programme for Government. Does that target also apply to temporary staff in his Department? In other words, if people are being recruited on a temporary basis, does the same level of targeting for persons with a disability apply to temporary employees?

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Do the Department's employees with a disability, whatever it may be, move within the Department, or are they confined to the one position or job that they have been doing? Many public servants move between sections within departments. Is that done in the Department of the Taoiseach?

Freedom of Information. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department during the first quarter of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8770/05]

Freedom of Information. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: The former Secretary General of the Department of Health and Children recently appeared before the Oireachtas committee to speak in respect of the Freedom of Information Act. He said that unreserved acceptance at political level of the findings, for instance, of the Travers report, would result in great relief for public servants who often found themselves torn between their public service...

Freedom of Information. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach is lucky full stop.

Freedom of Information. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: What the Taoiseach has outlined appears to differ from what applies to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, who, when I asked a question about freedom of information last year, said that he was quite entitled to release the information to the media before the response to the freedom of information request was released by the section of his Department. In his reply the Minister...